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[Letterhead] WESTERN BRANCHES OF THE U.S. Christian Commission CHICAGO: J.V. FARWELL, Chairman; B.F. JACOBS, Secretary. PEORIA. A.G. TYNG, Chairman; WM. REYNOLDS, Secretary. ST. LOUIS: ISAAC S. SMYTH, Ch.; J.H. PARSONS, Cor. Sec’y. THE U.S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION Sends this as the soldier’s messenger to his home. Let it hasten to those who wait for tidings. U.S. Christian Commission Rooms, [Handwritten text] St. Louis Mo nov the 8 1864 Dear Mother I am well at present and I am in hopes that this will find you enjoying the same blessing We have been at work at the Merimack [Meramec] bridge on the South west branch of the pacific rail road When we got it very near done we received orders to march to this city and now we have

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[Letterhead] WESTERN BRANCHES OF THE U.S. Christian Commission CHICAGO: J.V. FARWELL, Chairman; B.F. JACOBS, Secretary. PEORIA. A.G. TYNG, Chairman; WM. REYNOLDS, Secretary. ST. LOUIS: ISAAC S. SMYTH, Ch.; J.H. PARSONS, Cor. Sec’y. THE U.S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION Sends this as the soldier’s messenger to his home. Let it hasten to those who wait for tidings. U.S. Christian Commission Rooms, [Handwritten text] St. Louis Mo nov the 8 1864 Dear Mother I am well at present and I am in hopes that this will find you enjoying the same blessing We have been at work at the Merimack [Meramec] bridge on the South west branch of the pacific rail road When we got it very near done we received orders to march to this city and now we have